Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:04:49 -0400 | From | Phillip Susi <> | Subject | Re: Segfault Error - what does this mean? |
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A segfault means the program tried to touch a part of memory in a way that it is not allowed. In this case, the address was 0, which would indicate that exim attempted to dereference a null pointer. It would appear this is a bug in exim, not the kernel.
Marc Perkel wrote: > Just put a new server online trying out the new AMD AM2 processor. I > compiled a custom kernel because the regular Fedora Core kernels aren't > yet compatible with my Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard using the nVidia chipset. > > I compiled 2.6.18rc6 and got segfault errors. So I tried the 2.6.17.13 > kernel and same thing. About every 20 minutes or so I get one of these. > > Sep 11 12:05:18 pascal kernel: exim[19840]: segfault at 0000000000000000 > rip 0000003f53e73ee0 rsp 00007fff9e561d18 error 4 > > At one point the server locked up. Before I put it online I did several > days of memory testing with no errors. I believe the Exim code is solid > as it has been running flawlessly on all my other servers. > > It's probably hardware or some incompatibility but I'm not sure where to > start looking. Trying to understand what this error means. What is Error > 4? How do I track this down? > > Thanks in advance. >
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